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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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