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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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