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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates 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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