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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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