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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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