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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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