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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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