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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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