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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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