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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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