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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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