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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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