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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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