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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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