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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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