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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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