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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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