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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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