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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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