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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses 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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