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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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