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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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