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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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