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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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