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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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