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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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