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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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