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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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