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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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