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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive 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 facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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