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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important 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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