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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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