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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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