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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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