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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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