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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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