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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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