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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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