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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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