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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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