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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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