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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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