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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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