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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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