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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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