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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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