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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free 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 many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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