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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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