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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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