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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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