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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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