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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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