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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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