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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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