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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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