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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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