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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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