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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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