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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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