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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key 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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