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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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