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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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