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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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