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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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