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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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