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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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