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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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