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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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