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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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