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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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