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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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