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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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