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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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