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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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