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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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