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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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