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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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