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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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