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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important 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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