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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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