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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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