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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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