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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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