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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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