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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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