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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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