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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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