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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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