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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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