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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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