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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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