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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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