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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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