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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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