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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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