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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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