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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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