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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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