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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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