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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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