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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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