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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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