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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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