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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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