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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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