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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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