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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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