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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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