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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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