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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important 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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