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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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