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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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