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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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