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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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