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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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