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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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