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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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