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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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