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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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