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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education ventures. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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