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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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