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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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