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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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