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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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