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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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