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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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