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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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