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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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