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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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