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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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