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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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