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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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