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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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