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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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