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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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