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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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