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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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