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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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