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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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