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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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