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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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