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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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