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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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