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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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