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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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