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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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