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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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