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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses 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 Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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