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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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