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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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