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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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