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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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