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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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