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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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