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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This 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.

MOOCS And Open Education