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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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