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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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