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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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