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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the definitive 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 new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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