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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the 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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