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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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