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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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