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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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