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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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