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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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