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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines 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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