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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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