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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 developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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