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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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