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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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