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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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