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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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