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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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