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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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