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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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