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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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