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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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