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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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