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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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