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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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