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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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