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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes 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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