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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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