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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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