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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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