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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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