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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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