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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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