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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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