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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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