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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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