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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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