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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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