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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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