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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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