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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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