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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the 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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