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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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