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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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