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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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