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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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