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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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