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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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