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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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