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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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