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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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