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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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