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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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