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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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