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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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