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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies 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 organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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