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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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