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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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