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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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