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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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