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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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