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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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