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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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