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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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