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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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