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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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