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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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