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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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