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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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