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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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