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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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