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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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