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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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