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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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