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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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