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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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