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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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