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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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