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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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