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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers 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? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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