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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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