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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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