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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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