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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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