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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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