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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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