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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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