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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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