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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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