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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key 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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