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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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