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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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