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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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