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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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