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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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