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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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