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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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