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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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