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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews 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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