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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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