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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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