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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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