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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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