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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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