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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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