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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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