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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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