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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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