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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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