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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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