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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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