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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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