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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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