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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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