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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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