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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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