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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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