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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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