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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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