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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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