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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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