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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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