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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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