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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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