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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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