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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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