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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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