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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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