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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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