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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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