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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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