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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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