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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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