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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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