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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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