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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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