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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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