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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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