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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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