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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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