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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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