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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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