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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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