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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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