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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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