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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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