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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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