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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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