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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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