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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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