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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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