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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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