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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting 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 meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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