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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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