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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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