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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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