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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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