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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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