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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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