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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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