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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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