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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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