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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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