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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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