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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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