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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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