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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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