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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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