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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models 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 institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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