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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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