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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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