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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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