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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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