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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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