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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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