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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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