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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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