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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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