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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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