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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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