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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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