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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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