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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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