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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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