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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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