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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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