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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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