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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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