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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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