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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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