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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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