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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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