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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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