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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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