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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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