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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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