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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the most important 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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