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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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