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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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