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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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