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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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