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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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