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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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