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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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