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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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