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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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