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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these 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 new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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