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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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