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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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