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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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