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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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