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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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