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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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