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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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