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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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