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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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