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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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