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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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