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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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