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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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