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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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