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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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