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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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