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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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