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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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