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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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