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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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