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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What 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 participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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