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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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