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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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