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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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