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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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