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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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