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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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