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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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