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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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