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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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