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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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