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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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