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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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