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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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