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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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