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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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