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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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