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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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