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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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