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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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