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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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