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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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