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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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