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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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