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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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