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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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