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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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