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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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