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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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