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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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