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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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