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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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