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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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