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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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