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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education make it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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