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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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