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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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