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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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