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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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