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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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