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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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