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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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