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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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