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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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