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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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