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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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