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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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