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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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