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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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