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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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