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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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