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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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