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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses 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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