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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes 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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