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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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