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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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