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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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