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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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