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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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