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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the most important 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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