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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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