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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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