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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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