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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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