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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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