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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major 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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