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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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