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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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