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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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