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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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