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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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