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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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