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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp 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 expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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