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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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