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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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