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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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