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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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