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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses 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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