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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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