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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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