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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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