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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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