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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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