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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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