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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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