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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education enable students all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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