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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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