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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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