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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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