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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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