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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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