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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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