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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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