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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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