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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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