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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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