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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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