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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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