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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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