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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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