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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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