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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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