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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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