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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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