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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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