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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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