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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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