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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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