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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key 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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