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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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