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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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