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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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