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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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