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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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