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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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