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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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