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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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