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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know 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 demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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