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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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