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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews 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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