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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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