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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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