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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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