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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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