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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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