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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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