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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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