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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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