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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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