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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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